Cost of Capitalism - China October 2004 China's spectacular economic growth has come at a heavy price. Millions of workers have been crippled in unsafe sweatshops. Part of this video is about one particulat man and the help that he got from a lawyer to get compensation for a work-related loss of his hand.

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Discovery Channel-Planet Earth-Ice World-Polar Bears This video shows a mother bear and her cubs coming out of hibernation. The mother must find food before her milk runs out. She is in the process of teaching her cubs survival skills. It also touches on how as the Earth warms there is less ice for polar bears to stand on to hunt for seals (Running Time 3:01)Author(s): No creator set

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Wild Kratts-Polar Bears Don't Dance-Part 2 of 2-Animation In part 2 of this video, the Kratt Brothers use the "creature power" of the walrus and the polar bear to help the cubs find their mommas and rescue them from the evil Zach. Students will enjoy this fun video as they learn about these two fascinating creatures. At the end of the video there is real footage of walruses with an emphasis on the importance of flippers. Legs are for lands and flippers for water-Every creature has special features.This is a good teaching resource for a lesson/unit on tAuthor(s): No creator set

We have determined that the location of the peak of the travelling wave on the basilar membrane is determined by the frequency of the originating sound. The hair cells run the length of the basilar membrane. When a certain frequency sound stimulates a point on the membrane, it responds by moving, and the hair cells at that site are stimulated by the shearing force that this movement creates (Author(s):

Literary Festival 2013: Philosophy by Podcast [Audio] Speaker(s): David Edmonds, Nigel Warburton | In the 5th century BC Socrates brought philosophy to the marketplace. Can this ancient branch of learning be rejuvenated by the technology of the 21st century? Philosophy Bites Back is the second book from the team that brings you Philosophy Bites, the hugely successful podcast that has now had 16 million downloads. Philosophy Bites Back is a collection of conversations with leading scholars on major figures in the history of philosophy. David EdmondsAuthor(s): No creator set

Tables are used as a way of describing what you are talking about in a structured format. They tend to be used to present figures, either as a summary or as a starting point for discussion. Tables are also probably the most common way of presenting data in educational courses.

Tables have always been compiled by someone. In doing so, the compiler may have selected data and they will have chosen a particular format, either of which may influence the reader. You need to be aware of the co

Whatever resource you choose to use to find information on the internet, many of the same principles apply. Each source that you use will probably look quite different from the one you tried before, but you'll notice that there are always features that are similar - a box to type your search terms in, for instance, or a clickable help button. Different resources refer to the same functions using different terminology, but the principles behind them are exactly the same. The trick is to check

Open Number Line Subtraction In this video, a student works on a short word problem at the dry erase board, using the open number line subtraction strategy. She explains her steps to the camera as she is working through the problem. 684-341 = ? Run time 02:22.Author(s): No creator set

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Living without oil What is Peak oil? Will we ever have vehicles that produce zero emissions? The debate rages on as to when fossil fuels will eventually run out, but many scientists are in little doubt that these natural resources are limited. In this audio collection we investigate some of the methods of energy creation our society might have to rely on in the future when oil reserves decrease and academics examine a variety of different energy sources from electricity to hydrogen, and evaluate whether these alteAuthor(s): The iTunes U team

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Assessing your skills Welcome to Assessing Your Skills one of the series of Futures workbooks, which help students choose and prepare for their careers. Like the other workbooks in the series you can dip in and out doing the exercises which are most relevant to you. You might want to include the exercises or the output in your personal development plan or e-portfolio.
The aim of this workbook is to help you to clarify or identify your skills as a first step toward choosing work that really suits you. It can also heAuthor(s): Laura Dean

The Battle for Control of Online Communications The Internet offers users many opportunities for communicating and exchanging ideas, but abuse, censorship, and the manipulation of Internet traffic have put free and open communication at risk. In this talk, Georgia Tech Associate Professsor, Nick Feamster, will present approaches developed to preserve free and open communication on the Internet in the face of numerous threats. First discussed is the threat of message abuse (e.g., spam) and methods developed for mitigating it. Next, is the deveAuthor(s): No creator set

Enhancing graduate inter-cultural capability and embedding Internationalisation of the Curriculum at From implicit to explicit: Enhancing graduate inter-cultural capability and embedding IoC at Griffith Universlty, Australia.
Professor Michelle Barker of Griffith University, Brisbane Australia and Dr Viv Caruana of CAPRI, Leeds Met University UK discuss recent work in embedding internationalisation of the curriculum across the full range of disciplines and programmes of study at Griffith. Professor Barker also shares insights from a recent ALTC-funded project focused on intercultural or cross-Author(s): Viv Caruana,Michelle Barker,Leeds Metropolitan Uni

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Minor Green Blue City Why?
Dutch cities have to deal with two important, complex and sometimes intertwined problems.
Climate change has become a visible problem in the urban environment of the Netherlands.
Cities cope with heavy rainfall in short periods of time and heat stress occurs more often which
even leads to more casualties. At the same time large parts of existing neighbourhoods are
falling into decay. Residents with high income move out, leaving the disadvantaged behind. The
social structure of the neighbourAuthor(s): Creator not set